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Patented July 21, 1936 1i 'ri STATES George C. Snyder, -E lmhu'rst; N. -Y., assignor, 'by mesne assignments, to .Bresidentiand Directors of: ThmManhattan. companynasztrustee Application ,Mayllz, 19s .s, r a1*536,7s 1

2 Claims.

The present inventionhas for its object .to provide a box suchas disclosed by. Patent. 1,818,102,

dated August 11.1931, for example,.with anovel andiimp-rov-ed hinge construction for theilid.

Still another object of the invention is toprovide a lid which includes a portion of the.preferably tougher strong superficial laminationpflthe body .of the box.

Other objects of the invention-are to provide suitable blanks for such boxes.

These being among vthe-objects -ofthe; present invention, the same consistsoficertain novel features-of construction to be hereinafter described ,and then claimed with reference to the accom- Epanying drawing illustrating desirable embodimentsof the invention and wherein Figure 1-is aperspective View of an open cigar box with ends formed from separatepieces;

-Fig. 2 is a plan of. the same;

Fig. 3-is a sectiono-n the-line 3+3,'Fig. 2;

. Fig. 4 isaplan of a-blank-for formingjthe .main bodyportion of -a box; i

l Fig; 6 is a plan of a blank-for association'with one side edgeof the blank of-Fig. 4; 1 1

:Fig. 7 is an end edge view'athereof;

xFigs. 8 and 9 are views similar toFigs; 6 and 7 of. a, blank; ifol". association therewith in opposed relation; r

"Fig. 10 is man enlarged detailj of parts shown in Fig. 3 showing the hinge yconstruction forpzthe lid;

Fig. ill isi a;.fdetail perspective view of. a portion of one corner of the box shown in Figs. 1 and 2.

In the drawing, the cores or principal thicknesses of the paper or other laminated board from which the boxes and blanks are preferably made are for the sake of clearness not shown as laminated, as the laminated feature of the board is fully disclosed in aforesaid patent.

Referring to Figs. 4 and 5 of the drawing, a blank for the main body portion of a box is shown, the same comprising panels 2|, 22, 23, and 24. One surface of the blank consists of a lamination 25 which is preferably relatively strong and tough as compared with the thicker portions from which said panels are made, these being preferably of relatively inferior material,

The finishing or covering lamination 25 is extended to form flexible flaps 26, 21.

In order to enable the bending of the blank around corners or at angles without breaking the material thereof, grooves 28 and 29 which run parallel with each other are out into the material of the core, or thicker material. of theblankas comparedwith the relatively very. tough .outerflarnination or covering 25. These grooves 528, .2'9 are. preferably jvshaped in cross-section and may be produced in any desired manner,. and 5 preferably, the. bottoms of me ace. walls r een Qof these grooves are slightly separated Qfrorneach other. Another groovef30 preferably .cut into theflthi cker material of which the .lpanelslare eventually made, and this groove extends parall0 del withflgrooves 28,,29,-. but. it is pijeferably rectangular cross-section; for; the ;purpose. -.to Qbe hereinafter described. :All these grooves .28,;.2.9, and-.30 e t n rs de ede tq i a se t blank. V l5 Referring to; Figs. 6 and '7 there is shown a sn i id e to N rie as ar ie e 'ivs or a' q -i tms beeei p d. ith s m l m nated gnaterial of which-the blank;of. .-Eig. 4 is minnqss i-Th e m rl e a founila ie board 32: ,and a; face orcovering--sheet- 133 which .rnay be adhesively secured to the foundation -b r l 2- e he t 3 is of ater a ea. tha eth undat bo r .3 an it tner u -34;, 35, and at right-:angles thereto parallelfiexime e dfia s B, nd fla s 3 re sl tshownl in Figs 6 so as to provide flexible tabs 38, 5:39; at corresponding ends of said flaps.

qi-IrrFigs. 8 andfi there is showna blankgflll which so inallparticularsis thesameas theblank shown U iiniFiigsi 6. and 7:, butsaidblankisfonusein assoelation with: the otnerzblank an atmppositesend :Df Ethanltimate ibox zbodyi Referring now to Figs. 1, 2, and 3, a box formed from the described blanks has been made, and to avoid confusion the same reference numerals are used as were used in describing the blanks. It will be seen from said figures that the panels 2|, 23 form parallel side walls of the box body 40 and the panel 22 forms the bottom thereof. The superficial tough material which is unbreakable on bending, has been bent along the lines of the grooves 28, 29 so as to form the running longitudinal edges of the box body, while the blanks 3! and 40 have been employed to form the end walls of the box body. In doing so, the inner faces of the foundation boards of. the blanks 3|, 40 have been adhesively or otherwise permanently secured to the parallel end edges of the walls 2|, 22, and 23, forming end walls which are made from entirely separate pieces from the main body blank shown in Fig. 4.

It may not be necessary to gum or glue the thicker portions of the blanks 3|, 40 to the edges 5 July 21, 1936. WITHERQW 2,048,477

APPARATUS FOR TESTING DEMAND METERS Filed May 16,- 1934 Inventor": Harry M Wither-ow,

b9 j-hwuf His Attorney 

